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specimens from Dalhousie, taken iu June by Capt. Harford, and from Kulu b_y Capfc. 

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METAPORIA CAPHUSA (Plate 525, fig. 2, larva a.ud.pui>a, Sa, b, c?, 2c, ? ). 



Metcqmria Caplmsa, Moore, Proo. Zool. Soc. Lend. 1872, p. 564, c? ? ; id. I.e. 1882, p. 256. 



Aporia Caplmsa, Mackinnon and de Niccville, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 1898, p. 589, pi. v. fig. 



20, a, b, c, larva and jja^a. 

 Aporia Agatlwn, Lang, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, p. 102. Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 489. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside bro wish-black. Forewing with a greyish-white 

 speckled broad elongated cell-streak, a discal and a submarginal transverse series 

 of greyish-white short narrow streaks, the three lowest pair each being indistinctly 

 coalescent, and the lowest of the discal series broad and elongated ; below the latter 

 is also a slender posterior marginal streak. Hinclwlng with a greyish-white basal 

 costal spot, a broad costal streak, a broad cell streak, and a discal and submarginal 

 series of short narrow pointed-streaks, the three or four lowest pairs each being 

 slightly coalescent; the abdominal margin also broadly white. Underside duller 

 black. Forewing with markings as above, but whiter. Hindwing with markings as 

 above, but of a pale yellowish tint, except the basal spot, which is chrome yellow ; 

 the discal and submarginal series not being coalesced posteriorly. 



Female. Upperside dull black ; the markings on both wings pale yellowish-white, 

 as in the male ; the cell streak on the forewing being also prominent. Underside 

 similar to the male, excejjt that the markings of the hindwing are of a darker yellow 

 tint. 



Expanse, <S 2i^o to 3, ? 3 to S^q inches. 



Larva and Pupa. — " Resembles that of A. Sorada. It is dichroic, one form is 

 reddish-brown, the other is green. Our figure 20b was drawn from a specimen 

 preserved in glycerine, which had greatly shrunk, it should have been as long and 

 slender as fig. 20a. The larvae feed on Berheris nepalensis ; they are gregarious, and 

 spin a joint feeble web, and lie together in communities of ten or more. They feed 

 at night oi^ly. When full-grown the colour is dirty-brown, head black, each segment 

 with a dorsal longitudinal dark brown stripe ; the larva is thinly covered with weak 

 white hairs. Just before pupation the colour turns to a light green, with the head 

 and stripes as before ; and to pupate burrow under the leaves at the foot of their 

 food-plant. The pnpa is also gregarious" (P. W. Mackinnon, I.e. 589). 



Habitat. — W. Himalayas. 



Distribution. — Capt. A. M. Lang says " this is a mountain-insect, frequenting 

 forests and shady glens. At Simla I saw it in considerable numbers in June. Its 

 flight much resembles that of Danais Ghrysippus, and it is of easy capture. It 

 appears local, as I have seen it only at Simla, and in some richly-wooded glens 



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